Interns Teach “Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes”
August 10, 2010 In the midst of hardship, Haitian children are learning another language, singing with joy and making new friends from another land.
Visioning and Strategizing With Partners
August 7, 2010 This past Wednesday we convened school principals, assistants and teacher representatives from our seven partner schools. These are 4 schools outside of Leogane (earthquake epicenter), one in Cite Soleil, one on Island of La Gonave, and one in mountains south of Port-au-Prince. The visioning, strategizing and prioritizing, not to mention fellowship, energized […]
Haiti Greetings to Kietrie and Mary’s Families
August 7, 2010
Thank you Jesse and Friends!
August 2, 2010 It’s a little more than 6 months since Jesse Engle’s birthday and since he and so many friends contributed to Haiti Partners through Facebook Causes, enabling us to install internet and electrical system. Having regular internet access has been absolutely key in Haiti Partners receiving over 100 visitors and in obtaining funding […]
School Day Starts with Song and Prayer
August 2, 2010 I (John Engle) arrived at our partner school in Cite Soleil with a group of visitors just before 8 am this past Friday. They start every day with song and prayer. It really is an oasis in the midst of the harsh conditions of Cite Soleil.
Caught in Storm on Island of La Gonave
August 2, 2010 Kietrie and Mary, who are part of our Schools Internship pilot, visited a partner school in a remote area of La Gonave. Traveling on motorcycles, they were caught in a torrential rain and in turn experienced Haitian hospitality.
Pre-School Classrooms
July 31, 2010 Maxandre, director of IMN Community School, a Haiti Partners partner school, shows progress on 3 new classrooms that will be used for pre-schoolers.
Choir Kids Cleaning Streets
July 27, 2010 Quick video of kids in Wozo, which is Haiti Partners’ Youth Choir, dumping trash they collected. They come to our (John and Merline’s) home every Saturday and Sunday afternoons to practice, learn and work on service projects. It’s wonderful to see how they’re learning to take responsibility, to make decisions together and […]
Kietrie Teaching English
July 27, 2010 We see intern Kietrie Noe here teaching English at Cabois Community School. She and Mary Padden teach children in the morning and do classes with teachers in the afternoons. Great work, Kietrie and Mary!
Bibles From Canadian Bible Society
July 24, 2010 The vast majority of Haitians are self-proclaimed Christians. More frequent than not, when you ask a Haitian adult in a literacy program why they want to learn to read and write their answer will be, “So that I can read the Bible and read hymnal when singing in church.” Haiti Partners is […]
